...lphians Lesche （Place of Talk, Club Room）, because here in days of old they used to meet and chat about the more serious matters and legendary history. That there used to be many such places all over Greece is shown by Homer's words in the passage where Melantho abuses Odysseus:—And you will not go to the smith's house to sleep, Nor yet to the place of talk, but you make long speeches here. In...